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Henry Rathbone was seated next to President Lincoln the night of his assassination. Though he tried to stop John Wilkes Booth, he failed—and the trauma would destroy his life. This is the tragic story ...
After a few days — during which ... said when she arrived in Lincoln around Christmas in 2020, before the war, Catholic Social Services supported her family by asking people to donate gifts.
A ceremony at Lincoln Memorial Park gave veterans and community members the opportunity to honor the fallen men and women who gave their life for our country on Monday.
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - An old Korean War era hand grenade isn’t something ... Alex Lattimore, the grenade’s owner, said it all started after he parked his car on the street Sunday evening ...
He had studied art in Chicago and lived in Spokane briefly between 1911 and 1915 before moving on to Tacoma, then the Seattle area. In 1915, he had created a 10-foot statue of Lincoln for a Tacoma ...
A century and a half after his assassination, his life still offers critical lessons about leadership. Masur is the author of three books on Lincoln and the Civil War as well as “Runaway Dream ...
as a large central Lincoln house fire left one home in a pile of rubble and damaged two others. Following a call from a neighbor just after 7 a.m., firefighters were dispatched and arrived to the ...
Davis: The War ... After McClellan, Lincoln moved decisively through other leaders of the Army of the Potomac, appointing and then sacking Ambrose Burnside and Joseph Hooker before settling ...
Before becoming the 16th president - Lincoln grew up on the American ... The Civil War was officially over. Five days after the end of the war, President Lincoln, his wife Mary Todd along with ...
In 1858, three years before Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, Lincoln did not ... descended into civil war after his inauguration ...
Before they were witnesses ... with no known physical cause. Famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady took this portrait of Clara Harris after Lincoln's assassination. The image would later ...
shows a document signed by President Lincoln in April 1861 ordering the blockade of southern United States ports after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter started the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln ...